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DIGITA'RIA* 
Linnean Class and Order. TRiA'.NDRlAf, Digy'nia. 
Natural Order. Grami'nEjE, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 28. — Sm. Gram, 
of Bot. p. 86. ; Engl. FI. v. i. p. 71. — Lindl. Syn. p. 293. ; Introd. 
to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 292. — Rich, by Macgiiliv. p. 393. — Loud. 
Hort. Brit. p. 542. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 294. — Hook. Brit. FI. 
(1th ed.) p. 426.— -Gramina, Linn. — Graminales; sect. Triti- 
cina! ; type, Spartinaceae ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 362 
and 366. 
Gen. Chau. Spikes somewhat fascicled. Spikelets ( see fig. 1 ) 
unilateral. Calyx (see figs. 1 & 2.) single-flowered, of 3 very un- 
equal, close-pressed, awnless glumes, the lower very small, some- 
times wanting ; the next largest, as long as the corolla, concave, 
ribbed ; the third innermost, opposite to the latter, hardly one- 
fourth its 'size, spear-shaped, flattish, slightly ribbed. Corolla 
(figs. 1 & 3.) of 2 unequal, elliptical, awnless palace , the outer one 
convex, embracing the flattened inner one. Filaments (see fig. 3.) 
3, hair-like, rather longer than the glumes. Anthers short, cloven 
at each end. Germcn (fig. 4.) egg-shaped. Styles (fig. 4.) thread- 
shaped, about as long as the stamens. Stigmas short, feathery, 
dense. Seed (fig. 5.) egg-shaped, coated by the hardened polished 
corolla. 
Distinguished from other genera, in the same class and order, by 
the somewhat fascicled spikes; the unilateral spikelets; the 1- 
flowered calyx, of 2 or 3 very unequal, close-pressed, awnless 
glumes, the outer one very small ; by the corolla of 2 awnless palea , 
of which the outer one is convex, and embraces the flattened inner 
one ; and by the seed coated by the hardened palea. 
Two species British. 
DIGITA'RIA SANGUINA'LIS. Bloody Finger-grass. Hairy 
Cock’s-foot. 
Spec. Char. Leaves and sheaths hairy. Florets oblong, smooth, 
their margins rough. 
Scop. FI. Cam. v. i. p.52. — Sm. F.ttgl. FI. v. i. p. 96 —Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. 
p. 155. — Lindl. Syn. p.299. — Hook. Hi it. Fl.p. 56. — Winch’s FI. of Northumli. 
and Durli. p. 5. — Dick. FI. Abred. p. 25. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 223 . — Panicum 
sanguinale, Enel. Hot. t. 849. — Curt. FI. Lnnd. t. 242 — Knapp's Gram. Mrit. 
t. 12. — Schreb. Besch. der Giaser, v. i. p. 119. t. 16. — Mart. FI. Rust. t. 78. — 
Graves’ Brit. Grass, t. 13. — l.inn. Sp. PI. p. 84. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd edit.) 
p. 25. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. i. p. 342. — Leers’ FI. Herb. p. 14. t. 2. f. 6. — Sm. 
FI. Brit. v. i. p. 66. — With. (7th edit.) v. ii. p. 144. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 
261. — Hook. FI Sot. p. 21 . — Syntherisma vulgare, Schred. FI. Germ. v. i. p. 
161 .— Gramen Dactylon latiore folio, Ray’s Syn. p 399 . — Ischamon vulgare, 
Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 27. 
Fig 1. Two of the Spikelets, with their cloven stalk, attached to the raehis. — 
Fig. 2. The Glumes of the Calyx. — Fig. 3. The Corolla, Stamens, and Pistils. — 
Fig. 4. Germen and Pistils. — Fig. 5. A Seed. — All, more or less, magnified. 
From digitus, a finger. 
+ See folio 5G, notet. 
